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Suppression of Gamow-Teller and M1 transitions in deformed mirror nuclei 25Mg and 25Al

Direct observation of K selection rules

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The mirror nuclei 25Mg and 25Al are expected to have very similar structures. The Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions from the \(J^{\pi} = 5/2^{ + }\) ground state of 25Mg to the excited states in 25Al were studied by high-resolution measurements of the 25Mg(\(^3{\rm He},t\)) charge-exchange reaction at \(0^{\circ}\) and at 140 MeV/nucleon. Assuming the usual \(\Delta J^{\pi} = 1^{ + }\) selection rule for the spin-isospin-type GT transitions, the states with \(J^{\pi} = 3/2^{ + }, 5/2^{ + }\), and 7/2 + should be excited. However, of the more than ten states with these \(J^{\pi}\) values below 6 MeV excitation energy, only the 5/2 + ground state and the 7/2 + , 1.613 MeV state in 25Al were strongly populated, while all other states were strongly suppressed. The analysis of M1 transitions in 25Mg also suggested a very similar feature for the analogous M1 transitions. Both 25Mg and 25Al are known to be largely deformed, and most low-lying states can be interpreted in terms of one-particle quantum numbers in the deformed potential and the associated rotational spectra. The observed suppression can be explained in terms of the K quantum number selection rules that are inherent to axially deformed nuclei.-1

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Received: 18 July 2003, Published online: 18 December 2003

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21.10.Re Collective levels - 21.60.Ev Collective models - 25.55.Kr Charge-exchange reactions - 27.30. + t \(20 \leq A \leq 38\)

H. Fujita: Present address: Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.

J. Kamiya: Present address: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan.

T. Wakasa: Present address: Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Higashi, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.

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Shimbara, Y., Fujita, Y., Adachi, T. et al. Suppression of Gamow-Teller and M1 transitions in deformed mirror nuclei 25Mg and 25Al. Eur. Phys. J. A 19, 25–31 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2003-10115-2

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